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# Monitors and wait tasks

Monitor and wait tasks let you monitor a lot of products without using a lot of proxy usage and low ratelimit

### Setup a Monitor in your task group

If monitor mode is available within a task group, the following button will pop out in bottom of GUI

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* Setup the fields:\
  \
  **Proxy** -> Indicates the proxy group that will be used for monitoring (ISPs PROXIES SUGGESTED)\
  \
  **Country** -> Indicates the country that the bot is going to monitor *\[some sites may not have this field]*\
  \
  **Webhook** -> If selected the bot will send a webhook with the restock infos if it detects a restock, if you select Disabled the bot will not send any webhook\
  \
  **Paste link/pid** -> You have to click this button to add products to the monitor. First of all you have to copy the product link and then click the button to add it. Once the product is added you will see the product image or PID inside the monitor. Clik the product image or PID to select sizes for that product<br>

{% hint style="info" %}
Now you can use + if you want a item to match more keywords example nike+dunk,adidas+campus will match every item that has nike and dunk or adidas and campus
{% endhint %}

### Setup the tasks within a monitor

Now that you have a monitor inside the task group you need to add tasks

**Do not forget to check the ''waiting for monitor'' button (on the bottom right)**

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Your task group should look like in the following image:<br>

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**Monitor mode**\
This is what a monitor should look like, now you need to start the tasks and if you did everything correctly the tasks will go to the Waiting monitor... status, now you can start the monitor and when the monitor will detect a restock it will show the status Restock found and all the tasks with the waiting for monitor status will try to checkout.<br>

### **Add product to monitor quickly**

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The **bolt button** in the monitor allow you to **add directly a product in the monitor while running**,\
To do that correctly, **copy the product link/PID and then click the bolt button**.\
The **product will be added** (with "any" sizes selected) to the monitor **and the tasks will start**.\
**This feature is usefull for shock drops/resocks**<br>

You can always change the monitor settings without restarting the monitor, this means that if you change the webhook or if you remove a product and the monitor is running it will adapt to the changes without the need of a restart.<br>

### Example video

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